Just Beneath the Surface
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When I work with new software developers, more often than not I find myself urging patience over expedience.
Technology
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Inbox: How do I remove jQuery
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A message in my inbox this week asked for help removing jQuery from the front-end of a site. In this particular case, jQuery wasn’t being used and just slowed down the page.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Code of Ethics
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The WordPress community has been abuzz recently about codes of conduct and behavioral standards – particularly at WordCamps. It’s been an interesting conversation, filled with passionate arguments on both sides. Not much progress has been seen at all, though.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Portable Revisions
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As cool as the new post revisions feature might be, the luster of the shiney new feature has begun to fade.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Shortcode Tracking
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At the moment, there is no way to query posts in WordPress based on the condition of having or not having a shortcode. Such an ability would be hugely useful to both themes and plugins – should we add it to core?
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Dogfooding: Fighting the Post-Conference High
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I wanted to take my own advice on fighting the post-conference high. I have 5 cool ideas I want to investigate over the next few months. Your job is to let me know whether or not they’re worth it and, if so, hold me accountable to reporting back later.
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Web Requests and Data Leakage
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Even if your site is browsed over HTTPS, it can be insecure if any assets (images, scripts, styles) are transferred over an HTTP connection. This will trigger a “mixed content” warning in the browser that many will brush off as unimportant. The warning can be a major issue for some sites, though, and I want…
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jQuery Portland – Unit Testing
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Last year, I had the opportunity to present at jQuery Portland about unit testing. It was my first non-WordPress speaking event, and it was incredible!
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WordPress Core Proposal: Aribitrary File Upload
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I’m proposing a new feature for WordPress that would enable editors to drag-and-drop new media anywhere within the admin interface and have those uploads added to the media gallery. It would streamline several of my workflows. Would it help yours?
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Ethics in Software Development
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Where do we, as software developers, draw the line with releasing new software? Do we build software with the common good in mind and ignore the potential consequences of releasing such tools to the world? Do we hold back potentially groundbreaking achievements because they could be misused by the wrong hands?